THE PACIFIC

Grey River Argus, 3 June 1933, Page 2

THE PACIFIC

And Its Problems FIFTH SCIENCE congress. (All'. & N.Z (’able .\>>n ) VICTORIA i BA'. >, June I. 'l’he fifth Pacific Sei'nee (’ongre I was otiicial v opened t"duv. hiO delegates from all parts of the world attending. Dr 11. 11. Tory (Ottawa), in his presidential address, emphasise' -as the great' st cont ribut ioi. of the ( oiigres> the fad that the probh'iii-. -economic. M-ienlifi-- and >ociai. of the Pacific nre.-i. we'e being \i«*wi*d :is a whole |>\ groups of men liith' rto viewing fliciii only partiallv with a lorn’ outlook. He declared that the growing vo-opcration among scientists in Pacific countries was merely an illustration of ’’he growth of int erna t ionn I effor! in science generally. Dr. 11. E. Gregory. Director of tie* Deri ice Museum. Hono'ulu. speakingi of the imni'’nsity of the Pacific pro-i Idem. said it was too great for any one country or institution io handle I’rof’ssor I. Taylor. Royal Society. on behalf of Great Britain, staled that while Hie more violent forms of nationalism wen <!(•>*royii g. the advancement of sciem-” continues to Professor G. \’anefaringen. representative of the N’ ■! herlan N. was applauded wire he assented: ‘‘Scientific men fight, but when ‘hey fight no blood flows.’’ The de’egatos were given a rousing reception by Federal and Provincial r presentatjves